Offence of taking retaliatory action

(1) A person shall not take any retaliatory action against another person or any of that other person’s immediate relatives or members of household, friends, business partners, employees or other business or employment associates or property, on account of that other person– (a) refusing to become a part of or a participant in a criminal activity of a gang; (b) ceasing to be a part of or a participant in a gang; (c) giving information to a law enforcement authority in relation to a gang; (d) assisting in an investigation of a gang or gang member; or (e) giving evidence in the prosecution of any participant in a gang-related activity. (2) A person who contravenes sub-section (1) commits an offence and shall be liable upon– (a) summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten 22 years or to both such fine and imprisonment; (b) conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years or to both such fine and imprisonment.